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we have to also look at ways to raise revenue, that is why i am in support of our governor's tax measure because it brings critical funding to schools. that is why i am supportive of making sure that we are cleaning out and becoming more efficient through what i have done through office and to make government much more receptive and efficient. >> that leads into the question about civic engagement. it is critical that people are engaged to have a safe, strong and vibrant state. what have you done and what will you do to encourage the kind of participation that you are talking about. >> i think that transparency and disclosure are some of the main reasons that we have so little citizen participation, that is one of the reasons that i started up we stand san francisco it is an on-line society to engage citizen and order people to get more involved in government so that we cannot just have a conversation here, where people could make it, if people could be part of that conversation on-line, just like all of the folks at the richmond senior sen center, so they can participate. i think that w
we have to also look at ways to raise revenue, that is why i am in support of our governor's tax measure because it brings critical funding to schools. that is why i am supportive of making sure that we are cleaning out and becoming more efficient through what i have done through office and to make government much more receptive and efficient. >> that leads into the question about civic engagement. it is critical that people are engaged to have a safe, strong and vibrant state. what have...
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the next one will also be on how to grain your business, with tax -- green your business, tax credits available with that. for non-profit, charitable organizations, we have a workshop coming up. that is helpful for those of you who are looking to access the committee on a durable basis. >> also, on behalf of leader pelosi, i want to thank our panel and her staff. we are tenants in this building. i apologize for the security situation that happened upstairs. if you have concerns about it, please come and see me. i would like to convey those to the landlord here so that it does not happen again. thank you. >> okay, if we can have everybody take their seats. okay, good morning. we're going to get warm because you're all together. but we really want to welcome all of you today to the opening of our new city, new bridge hiv research facility. let's give it a hand. [cheering and applauding] >> one of the greatest honors that i have and barbara garcia, the director of health and one of the greatest honors i have is the critical staff that i get to work with. and one of those incredible staff
the next one will also be on how to grain your business, with tax -- green your business, tax credits available with that. for non-profit, charitable organizations, we have a workshop coming up. that is helpful for those of you who are looking to access the committee on a durable basis. >> also, on behalf of leader pelosi, i want to thank our panel and her staff. we are tenants in this building. i apologize for the security situation that happened upstairs. if you have concerns about it,...
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we took a risk and suggested we might be able to revamp our tax code for the benefit of job creation. little did we know a year later, that invitation has caused over 125 companies to locate in our city, creating thousands of more jobs, creating an environment that will be welcoming of the new economy, technology, and innovation to reinforce what we have been saying. we are the innovation capital of the world. with your help and involvement. we would like to have the rest of the city picked up and be part of it as well. we think we can have that conversation. we will need your help. we will need you to represent the new industry. these companies are here to keep the dialogue and collaboration at a high-level going with us. it is the ongoing dialogue like the one we are reading about a new tax structure for the city that does not punish the inventiveness we want to have. i would like to open with that introduction, welcome all of you here. i think he will see and hear an exciting introduction of these new companies. they're going to raise questions we do not have the answers to yet, bu
we took a risk and suggested we might be able to revamp our tax code for the benefit of job creation. little did we know a year later, that invitation has caused over 125 companies to locate in our city, creating thousands of more jobs, creating an environment that will be welcoming of the new economy, technology, and innovation to reinforce what we have been saying. we are the innovation capital of the world. with your help and involvement. we would like to have the rest of the city picked up...
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city hall and a cronyisticism that includes [hr-ufrpl/]ry condominium for the ultra rich, corporate tax breaks, chain stores and parking garages, a vision for san francisco that doesn't include a lot of everyday people. it's getting to where students and seniors on fixed incomes and young families and teachers and firefighters and everyday folks can no longer afford to live in san francisco. we have a crisis of affordability here. i think the city's economic development polices have a lot to do with why we're starting job/housing imbalance when you are so focused on the power elite, the twitter tax breaks and not focused, which i think we need to start to do. on the economic development interests of our small businesses. which are the life blood of the san francisco economy 80% of our economy is small business along our commercial corridors and most jobs are created by small businesses each year. the city needs to reorient its economic polices towards small businesses and start to remove the red tape and stream-lining the permitting process and other ways to facilitate small businesses
city hall and a cronyisticism that includes [hr-ufrpl/]ry condominium for the ultra rich, corporate tax breaks, chain stores and parking garages, a vision for san francisco that doesn't include a lot of everyday people. it's getting to where students and seniors on fixed incomes and young families and teachers and firefighters and everyday folks can no longer afford to live in san francisco. we have a crisis of affordability here. i think the city's economic development polices have a lot to do...
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on the ballot as well is a business tax restructure to bring in new revenue for the city and many millions of dollars from that, about 13 will be dedicated to the affordable housing so we can ramp up development of affordable housing in san francisco. >> thank you. mr. everett? >> providing affordable housing is a central and extremely important issue. that being said, we also need to look at how we deal with public housing within the city and county of san francisco. i grew up in section 8 housing. i know what that is like. i grew up on food stamps, i know what that is like. we need to understand how we can end some of the cycles that we talk about on a day to day basis and the root causes of those cycles. the way to address those is to directly target the housing crisis in san francisco and directly target hud housing. we do that by providing vouchers to folks. with the vouchers you could take a family and moved them into mixed income units. i am a product of that. i am a product of a young person being able to wake up in the morning and see to my left a doctor and see to my right a prof
on the ballot as well is a business tax restructure to bring in new revenue for the city and many millions of dollars from that, about 13 will be dedicated to the affordable housing so we can ramp up development of affordable housing in san francisco. >> thank you. mr. everett? >> providing affordable housing is a central and extremely important issue. that being said, we also need to look at how we deal with public housing within the city and county of san francisco. i grew up in...
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the businesss in san francisco will benefit and we will see job creation and tax generation but also we will see it down the peninsula and throughout the region, as daniel said. we can accommodate it, we have accommodated events before. the super bowl last time was in stanford away and san francisco was the host and regional event. we are looking forward to it and the benefit this region will get from hosting the super bowl. >> the nfl will have the super bowl at meadowlands, outside new york -- how far santa clara is. could be the first snowy super bowl. is there any concern about the nfl, the fact in february we could have horrible rain or beautiful sunshine about the weather? >> i have looked ahead. it is supposed to be sunny that day. we are excited to put that in the bid package. my mom reminds me my birthday is february 4th, all grown up. we had all of my parties in the glorious sun so i think we are in good shape. we meet the nfl requirements of temperature. we are above that, so we are in great shape on that front. >> so be it. whatever. >> i don't think it is going to rain.
the businesss in san francisco will benefit and we will see job creation and tax generation but also we will see it down the peninsula and throughout the region, as daniel said. we can accommodate it, we have accommodated events before. the super bowl last time was in stanford away and san francisco was the host and regional event. we are looking forward to it and the benefit this region will get from hosting the super bowl. >> the nfl will have the super bowl at meadowlands, outside new...
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use permit today to convert it to a live performance venue is critical for our ability to get market tax credits and provide overall 20% of the project estimated to be $28 million. if we make the time line we will begin construction in spring of next year and open in fall of 2014 turning on the lights in the long dark corner of san francisco with the incredible design of this revitalized space. i would like to thank the commission and the planning staff. i hope you help to me this project a reality in 2014. >> thank you. >> can we turn on the slide procedure? >> linda stepped out. >> great. i am michael dunakin and thank you for the opportunity to present this project. this is an incredible opportunity to give new life
use permit today to convert it to a live performance venue is critical for our ability to get market tax credits and provide overall 20% of the project estimated to be $28 million. if we make the time line we will begin construction in spring of next year and open in fall of 2014 turning on the lights in the long dark corner of san francisco with the incredible design of this revitalized space. i would like to thank the commission and the planning staff. i hope you help to me this project a...
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she had had 16 tax cuts signed into law to help small businesses grow and thrive. as we know, during the last 15 years, small businesses account for about 2/3 of the job growth in our country, but when the bush recession hits
she had had 16 tax cuts signed into law to help small businesses grow and thrive. as we know, during the last 15 years, small businesses account for about 2/3 of the job growth in our country, but when the bush recession hits
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we have seen our revenue cut significantly by taxes that arnold schwarzenegger cut his first day in office. we have a depoll that prop is trying to refill it. we should not have to do it at the ballot box when out of 40 state senators 14 have more power than 26. 14 can veto when 26 want. i tell fifth graders that and they say that is not democracy that is not possible. that is exactly the problem, we don't have democracy on all issues, revenue-related in the legislature, let the majority party do its job and if the voters don't like what the majority party is doing in no one jerry man dered districts change who is in power, it is call democracy. >> continuing on the theme of democracy, and how people engage with their elected officials and with government generally, clearly civic engagement is critical for a safe, strong and a vibrant state and i am curious what you have done and what you will do to encourage appropriate participation in democracy. >> i think that we could probably most simply define participation and democracy aside from community hearings and gatherings is the opportunit
we have seen our revenue cut significantly by taxes that arnold schwarzenegger cut his first day in office. we have a depoll that prop is trying to refill it. we should not have to do it at the ballot box when out of 40 state senators 14 have more power than 26. 14 can veto when 26 want. i tell fifth graders that and they say that is not democracy that is not possible. that is exactly the problem, we don't have democracy on all issues, revenue-related in the legislature, let the majority party...
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we participate in most of the major issues of city government from pension and payroll tax reform to some of the most important discussions on how we fund a lot of our public services, whether that finding different revenue streams for our parks, are trying to find new ways to fund public transportation in the city. we're very happy to be working with mayor lee and the board to address a lot of these issues. this will clearly be a busy year for us. another component of our work is connecting the city's robuspro o assistance with our many business partners. this is a core part of mfac original purpose in san francisco. we are focused on building this capacity once again. as everyone here knows, the nature of how cities are doing business is changing. fundamentally. costly federal and state mandates continue to squeeze local budgets. increasing costs are forcing discussions about how we provide services. technology is requiring that we move more quickly than we have in a long time. building a network of partners to support our city government at this time will be more important than ev
we participate in most of the major issues of city government from pension and payroll tax reform to some of the most important discussions on how we fund a lot of our public services, whether that finding different revenue streams for our parks, are trying to find new ways to fund public transportation in the city. we're very happy to be working with mayor lee and the board to address a lot of these issues. this will clearly be a busy year for us. another component of our work is connecting...
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people in long-term recovery, we see health and prosperity, people working, raising families, paying taxes, voting, and volunteering in their communities, making a difference and giving back. while we can all take pride in the successes of 2011 recovery month events, we must now turn our attention to making 2012 another great year. i hope this show inspires you to organize a recovery month event this september. the 2012 theme is "join the voices for recovery: it's worth it." you can begin now by going to the recovery month web site for information on how to get started. as you can see from the events in 2011, recovery month events come in all shapes and sizes-any effort makes a difference! whatever type of event you choose to do, you will be bringing a sense of hope that people can live happy, healthy, and productive lives in recovery. thank you for everything you do to support recovery. help keep the momentum moving for this critical work this year, and please share your 2012 event by registering it on the recovery month web site and sharing your materials and successes so that we can hig
people in long-term recovery, we see health and prosperity, people working, raising families, paying taxes, voting, and volunteering in their communities, making a difference and giving back. while we can all take pride in the successes of 2011 recovery month events, we must now turn our attention to making 2012 another great year. i hope this show inspires you to organize a recovery month event this september. the 2012 theme is "join the voices for recovery: it's worth it." you can...
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possible and do that by getting government out of the way with all its red tape and regulations and taxes and union work rules that increase the cost of housing. that would be a better way to get affordable housing, not bringing back this redevelopment agency with its legacy of driving african americans out of the fillmore and they had slated more than half the bay area for redevelopment before they were shut down. >> anything you'd like to add, peter? >> there's a number of assertions from my opponent that are based in a misunderstanding how affordable housing works in san francisco in this particular measure. unfortunately there's not enough time to tackle all of them, but i want to make clear this is not subsidizing middle income home owners. this is going to go primarily for low and very low householders in san francisco. that has always been the programmatic focus because you can leverage funding. we live in a high income market and that is exactly why we have an affordable sector in this city. when it comes it recreating redevelopment, that's a fallacy. it's about recognizing that r
possible and do that by getting government out of the way with all its red tape and regulations and taxes and union work rules that increase the cost of housing. that would be a better way to get affordable housing, not bringing back this redevelopment agency with its legacy of driving african americans out of the fillmore and they had slated more than half the bay area for redevelopment before they were shut down. >> anything you'd like to add, peter? >> there's a number of...
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office space or seismically safe hospital beds and in the process create jobs and ultimately add to our tax base so that we can get back to maintaining the high quality of life that we have the right to expect in the greatest city in the world. such as good transit system, high quality schools in every neighborhood, well maintained streets, parks for children and adults to enjoy, and the assurance that the police and firefighters will be given the tools necessary to keep us safe on our streets and in our homes. my name is mike garcia and i would love to have your support for district 7 supervisor. thank you. >> hello, my name is lynn gavin and i'm running for supervisor november 6, 2012 in district 7. i am sick and tired of being sick and tired of the malfeasance and corruption in our local government and have decided to do something about it by running for supervisor. my mother helped raise one of the most distinguished and respectable law enforcement officials in this country who was considered an untouchable. he is respected by both major political parties. organized crime runs our local
office space or seismically safe hospital beds and in the process create jobs and ultimately add to our tax base so that we can get back to maintaining the high quality of life that we have the right to expect in the greatest city in the world. such as good transit system, high quality schools in every neighborhood, well maintained streets, parks for children and adults to enjoy, and the assurance that the police and firefighters will be given the tools necessary to keep us safe on our streets...
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this research is all funded by the national research of health, your tax dollars. thank you for your attention. i will turn over to our moderator. thank you. [applause] >> actually, i would like to, i'm going to ask a few questions, but i was hoping we could get a debate going here rather than with me trying to ask intelligent questions and just have the very smart people just talking amongst themselves to educate us. so one of the questions that we're wanting to talk about today was the idea of free will in terms of the criminal justice system. and i would like to ask each of you, is there a definition of free will in the context of your individual work? we'll start with you, doctor. >> i would punt that one right over to david who is the expert in free will, and then we actually spent all last night debating this. david can start. >> ok. >> do you consciously choose to do that? [laughter] >> i think that free will is a mainly unhelpful concept and i think that you have to ask the question from the legal system and from the science perspective as to what free will
this research is all funded by the national research of health, your tax dollars. thank you for your attention. i will turn over to our moderator. thank you. [applause] >> actually, i would like to, i'm going to ask a few questions, but i was hoping we could get a debate going here rather than with me trying to ask intelligent questions and just have the very smart people just talking amongst themselves to educate us. so one of the questions that we're wanting to talk about today was the...
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that's why i wanted to announce tonight that i will personally be endorsing proposition a, the parcel tax, for san francisco to make sure we work together to get the resources necessary to keep our city college successful. and it's in that mind and with the united front that we have with all the elected officials that we congratulate on this opening that we know there is more to it than just the brick and morter here. the most important thing about education is the people. and this is a promise for all of the generations of immigrants to come that we know fill the school ways, that used to be filbert and now here, we know what a great sacrifice it is to be good citizens and successful residents of this city of san francisco. we know why some of you who were former students who graduated here felt so appreciative of the education that we got, that you got, that you went all the way back and asked friends in hong kong and in china to help donate money to help build this place. i know that lawrence wong gave up a lot of trips to brazil to make sure that he stood up and got some extra attenti
that's why i wanted to announce tonight that i will personally be endorsing proposition a, the parcel tax, for san francisco to make sure we work together to get the resources necessary to keep our city college successful. and it's in that mind and with the united front that we have with all the elected officials that we congratulate on this opening that we know there is more to it than just the brick and morter here. the most important thing about education is the people. and this is a promise...
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individuals that are currently incarcerated in a much more effective way that is going to save you tax dollars but also reduce the chance that they'll continue to spiral into those, like the stories we heard earlier today. [applause] >> if i could add one quick thought that ties with the first panel and this panel. it's the question of resource allocation. the point needs to be taken quite seriously especially with adolescents. if you get the diagnosis and the community is not ready to step up and do the interventions that are more humane, then the inhumane alternatives may end up costing more but being the easy political solution. >> i think we're out of time. i would like to thank everyone on the panel for their time.. >> thank you kindly. as an ex-felon, it's not my first effort with a public defender in public for a bunch of people who i know are working hard to make this substance abuse incarceration cognitive behavior thing work all together. i started doing my career in rehabs and jails and shelters and where i live. it's a privilege to work for people who chose to be the audien
individuals that are currently incarcerated in a much more effective way that is going to save you tax dollars but also reduce the chance that they'll continue to spiral into those, like the stories we heard earlier today. [applause] >> if i could add one quick thought that ties with the first panel and this panel. it's the question of resource allocation. the point needs to be taken quite seriously especially with adolescents. if you get the diagnosis and the community is not ready to...
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you have the neighbor that tax the schedule to see when he is going shopping -- this is an illustration of a network of fact or network model of the good life. the neighbor says, always check on line to see what joe needs. the physician's assistant says it is easy to share the test results. the personal care worker says i've posted on the loose handrail and they handled it right away. her sister says, i am part of a team now, what a relief. out of this idea of the network of fact, one is that this is what joe wants. this is her key to a good life. her network is actually her gateway to a good life and her ability to stay home. and we will launch a touch screen interface for those that want to connect through video. i want to share with you a few things that users are saying at telling us about their experience. 91% says that it helps them share information. that is the number one thing that people providing support to us want. 80% says that it strengthens connections. how can using something on-line actually make us feel closer or more connected to our friends and family? out it works,
you have the neighbor that tax the schedule to see when he is going shopping -- this is an illustration of a network of fact or network model of the good life. the neighbor says, always check on line to see what joe needs. the physician's assistant says it is easy to share the test results. the personal care worker says i've posted on the loose handrail and they handled it right away. her sister says, i am part of a team now, what a relief. out of this idea of the network of fact, one is that...
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a larger cost on a smaller tax base, and, arguably, less affluent communities. man: sewickley township is a rural farming community, however, herminie itself would be considered to be the downtown area of the township. it's the agways, the auto-parts store, the bank. it's your typical small-town village. man: people think that rural areas are pristine and perfect and everybody has a nice, simple life. that's, uh, not exactly the situation here. when you come into town in the summer, you know you're coming to herminie. woman: the aroma in 90-degree days... can sometimes just want to knock you over. woman: we have water. we have power, we have gas, but we have no sewage. i guess when they laid out the town years ago, it just all went into the pipes and straight into the "crick." sabljak: i've lived here 43 years in the same house. when i moved here, they told us that sewage would be here shortly. and here it is 43 years later and we still don't have it. my husband and i went to the first meeting. he always said, "boy, i'll never see it in my lifetime." well... my
a larger cost on a smaller tax base, and, arguably, less affluent communities. man: sewickley township is a rural farming community, however, herminie itself would be considered to be the downtown area of the township. it's the agways, the auto-parts store, the bank. it's your typical small-town village. man: people think that rural areas are pristine and perfect and everybody has a nice, simple life. that's, uh, not exactly the situation here. when you come into town in the summer, you know...
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i reduced taxes, business taxes, utility taxes, real-estate taxes. i took tens of thousands of low income virginians off the income tax rolls. if we need more revenue for the good of the country and defense, i will ask for it. i have the experience of cutting spending, something george allen has never done as senator kerry >> thank you for asking those questions. by the toss of the coin, we have determined 90 seconds for senator allen. >> thank you for watching this debate. you will determine the direction of our country. we do have two different missions of the future of our country. we have earned various endorsements. i have been endorsed by the u.s. chamber of commerce. virginia voters, veterans vision, the nra. the promise of american dream is at stake right now. if you envision a better future than what we have to endure these days, i invite you to join with us in this campaign. i do not care to talk about republicans versus democrats. everybody who uses electricity should be on our side. anybody who drives a car, unless you like paying $30 mor
i reduced taxes, business taxes, utility taxes, real-estate taxes. i took tens of thousands of low income virginians off the income tax rolls. if we need more revenue for the good of the country and defense, i will ask for it. i have the experience of cutting spending, something george allen has never done as senator kerry >> thank you for asking those questions. by the toss of the coin, we have determined 90 seconds for senator allen. >> thank you for watching this debate. you will...
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tax pollution a carbon tax been proposed so what we should do first is tax the type of activities that we want to diminish before we tax what we want more of which is labor write ups you know in fact i think that one of the one of the pieces of the whole understanding of taxation that has been so lost in the last thirty years is that taxes do actually two things one they raise revenue for the government but two they encourage or discourage behavior based on the will of the people which is what you're talking about and we have perverse incentives so people like romney they want all the services in new usa but they go into these tax haven islands overseas like you know bahamas and so forth to pay for is zero taxes and even harry pays fifteen percent that's a capital gain and that's what he says you make a statement deed he hasn't released his tax returns for fourteen years the way his father did when he ran for does we don't know that chapter number to make our communities more self-reliant how do we do ok that's already in place it just got to be more widespread every time we patronize
tax pollution a carbon tax been proposed so what we should do first is tax the type of activities that we want to diminish before we tax what we want more of which is labor write ups you know in fact i think that one of the one of the pieces of the whole understanding of taxation that has been so lost in the last thirty years is that taxes do actually two things one they raise revenue for the government but two they encourage or discourage behavior based on the will of the people which is what...
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minimum tax. >> 54% of america's workers work in businesses taxed not as the corporate tax rate but at the individual tax rate. and if we lower that rate, they will be able to hire more people. >> under my plan 97% of small businesses would not see their income taxes go up. >> the most contentious agreement is over the bush-era tax cuts. romney wants to extend them for all americans obama doesn't want to extend the bush tax cuts for those making over $250,000 a year, claiming only 3% of small business owners will be affected. romney says it would impact over a million small businesses and affect hiring. >> there was a survey done of small businesses across the country. i said, what's the affect on obama care on your hiring plans? three quarters of them said it makes us less likely to hire people. >> i was having the same conversations governor romney talks about, and it wasn't just that small businesses were seeing costs skyrocket and they couldn't get affordable coverage even if they wanted to provide it to their employees. >> the candidates differ sharply regard on obama care's ef
minimum tax. >> 54% of america's workers work in businesses taxed not as the corporate tax rate but at the individual tax rate. and if we lower that rate, they will be able to hire more people. >> under my plan 97% of small businesses would not see their income taxes go up. >> the most contentious agreement is over the bush-era tax cuts. romney wants to extend them for all americans obama doesn't want to extend the bush tax cuts for those making over $250,000 a year, claiming...
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if the gross receipts tax does pass, the city's payroll expense tax would phase out from tax years 2014 through 2018 and ted is here to explain how the facout is going to work with the exclusion. as you recall the purpose of the payroll tax exclusion for small businesss is to create and increase the number of jobs within the city and county of san francisco. by providing an incentive for small businesses to create new jobs. the legislation before you today will allow that to happen by keeping the exemption in place through 2015 as originally intended. there are two recommendations in the budget legislative analyst's report that supervisor farrell is fine with. we also have an additional amendment that ted egan is here to explain, lines 14-16 and i have copies of that. again, mr. egan will explain that why it's necessary to calculate the base year payroll tax with the phase-in and exempting. so if i could give this to victor. with that i would either ask that you go to the budget legislative analyst or to ted egan. >> why don't we go to mr. egan first and then to the budget analyst. mr.
if the gross receipts tax does pass, the city's payroll expense tax would phase out from tax years 2014 through 2018 and ted is here to explain how the facout is going to work with the exclusion. as you recall the purpose of the payroll tax exclusion for small businesss is to create and increase the number of jobs within the city and county of san francisco. by providing an incentive for small businesses to create new jobs. the legislation before you today will allow that to happen by keeping...
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as long as we take that portion of the tax increase off the table, the other tax increases, no sweat, will not hurt the economy. >> you just described barack obama's view of the economy. but -- >> i think i did it fairly. >> but one of the big problems is that people who are these so-called rich people are people who use their excess capital to employ other people. so, it will impact the job creation in the country. the other thing that seems like he really doesn't understand is that, first of all, 200,000 didn't an individual earning 200,000 is not -- whenever he talk about the millionaires and billionaires. >> two earning couples and a lot of high cost states don't feel rich. >> that's the middle class family, and a lot of people own stocks in their pension accounts so those people are very middle class people and they're going to get hit with the taxes. >> the important point to stress, dan, is unless congress acts and the president signs it, whether the president is mitt romney or barack obama, these tax increases are going to take place. so something has to give or we all jump of
as long as we take that portion of the tax increase off the table, the other tax increases, no sweat, will not hurt the economy. >> you just described barack obama's view of the economy. but -- >> i think i did it fairly. >> but one of the big problems is that people who are these so-called rich people are people who use their excess capital to employ other people. so, it will impact the job creation in the country. the other thing that seems like he really doesn't understand...
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another tax cut. we know how this and spirit $16 trillion in home equity and evaporated. -- how this ends. $16 trillion in home equity evaporated. the american people will not go back. folks, crowd: four more years! you have to ask yourself. both of these guys are decent man. you have to ask about with a push the return of these economic and tax policies from the bush administration? i have come to one conclusion. the only one i can figure out is about their attitude about america and their attitude about half the american people. you heard his insulting comments that 47% of the american people are -- here's the part that bothers me. when he said they are not willing to take responsibility for the allies. these people are our neighbors. he is talking about my parents when they were alive. the people i grew up with. the people here in lynchburg. they include seniors to afford their whole lives to pay for a social security. and did not pay taxes on that. nor should they pay taxes on that. we're talking
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it taxes small businesses. 8-10 businesses in america file their taxes as people. and their tax rate will go above 40% in january according to the obama plan. overseas, they do not do that. overseas, that means lake superior, where i come from. and the canadians, they lowered their tax rate to all their businesses to 15% less generous. -- last january. our competitors tax their businesses at 25% or less. how are we going to make things and bring back manufacturing jobs in ohio and in big ten country if we keep taxing our businesses at twice the rate our foreign competitors do? that will not work. that is why we have a five- point plan. that is why we have this agenda. get behind small businesses, lower tax rate. that is the essence of president obama's economic agenda -- take more from families and small businesses, regulate everybody, and pick winners and losers from washington. it does not work -- or just the losers if you want to look at his track record. look, a person who works hard, who plays by the rules can get ahead and america. that was what we teach our
it taxes small businesses. 8-10 businesses in america file their taxes as people. and their tax rate will go above 40% in january according to the obama plan. overseas, they do not do that. overseas, that means lake superior, where i come from. and the canadians, they lowered their tax rate to all their businesses to 15% less generous. -- last january. our competitors tax their businesses at 25% or less. how are we going to make things and bring back manufacturing jobs in ohio and in big ten...
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notes tax analyst dot com a washington based weekly tax journal she covers all areas of tax law including international and corporate taxation lee welcome to the kaiser report. thank you for having me all right lisa shepard why should the u.s. kill high frequency trading as you recently suggested in the pages of forbes magazine ok let's let's get our ducks in a row and think about what we're talking about here we're using high frequency trading as a shorthand for some practices that the exchanges allow and the f.c.c. sanctions that algorithmic traders are using so it was so we have to sort of keep in mind the s.c.c.s. rule in the whole mess and the promise of my piece is that. we can't really. leave the job to the f.c.c. to stop this part because they created it now we have in the united states lots and lots of markets they are all electronic and the f.c.c. wanted them to be that way we've this has been a sort of thirty year process to make the markets all leck tronic so computers are doing the trading but because we now have a zillion little markets we have more than fifty little bitty m
notes tax analyst dot com a washington based weekly tax journal she covers all areas of tax law including international and corporate taxation lee welcome to the kaiser report. thank you for having me all right lisa shepard why should the u.s. kill high frequency trading as you recently suggested in the pages of forbes magazine ok let's let's get our ducks in a row and think about what we're talking about here we're using high frequency trading as a shorthand for some practices that the...
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we tax pollution, carbon tax, and other taxes on pollution. good. we don't like pollution. it's a silent form of violence, sickens us, tarnishes the value of the property. we'd like to tax it to bring it down. second, we don't like the kind of speculation on wall street derivatives that crashed the economy in 2008 and 2009. up employed eight workers, fractured trillions of dollars in pension funds, mutual funds, and people's savings, and ended with a taxpayer bailout in washington, d.c. of citi group and washington mutual and aig and morgan stanley, and j pmorgan chase, giant corporations that knew right from the beginning they were too big to fail and they would be bailed out by uncle sam. socialism, bailing out, communism. [laughter] attacks on derivatives, attacks on stocks, comes off the huge volume of trading, computer trading. i think trade was $700 trillion. all right. well, most people, they don't know about all of this. most people go into the stores every day, and they buy clothing, and they buy furniture, and they buy necessities of life, and they pay 6%-9% sales
we tax pollution, carbon tax, and other taxes on pollution. good. we don't like pollution. it's a silent form of violence, sickens us, tarnishes the value of the property. we'd like to tax it to bring it down. second, we don't like the kind of speculation on wall street derivatives that crashed the economy in 2008 and 2009. up employed eight workers, fractured trillions of dollars in pension funds, mutual funds, and people's savings, and ended with a taxpayer bailout in washington, d.c. of citi...
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we need a different tax system. sales tax or fair tax is the way to go. corporate income tax erased, replaced by a sales tax, corporate income tax is something none of the other countries have, and that makes us uncompetitive globally. look at the website, thank you. >> moderator: cynthia dill >> dill: needs reformation. i'm the only one who supports president obama's proposal not to extend bush tax cuts for families making above $250,000. stop giving subsidies to corporations who don't need it. we have to impose a financial transaction tax on very small tax on stock trades to the people responsible for the collapse of our economy chip in. i do believe that we need to lower corporate income tax rates, stabilize the base, ensuring it's fair. pay your fair share. it's time that the super wealthy, the corporations pay more. i agree with warren buffet. >> moderator: three minutes. secretary summers? summers: doing things that make sure the taxes are as low as they can be in the country because by doing that, we increase the number of people who are paying tax
we need a different tax system. sales tax or fair tax is the way to go. corporate income tax erased, replaced by a sales tax, corporate income tax is something none of the other countries have, and that makes us uncompetitive globally. look at the website, thank you. >> moderator: cynthia dill >> dill: needs reformation. i'm the only one who supports president obama's proposal not to extend bush tax cuts for families making above $250,000. stop giving subsidies to corporations who...
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the tax lasts seven years. proposition 30 also raises the state's sales tax by a quarter of a cent for four years. proposition 38, molly munger's measure, increases income tax rates on a sliding scale for almost all californians with rates for the lowest earners at .4%, on up to the highest rate of 2.2% on those making more than $2.5 million. the tax lasts 12 years. you can find even more detail online at kqed's handy proposition guide. go to kqed.org/theweek for the link. normally, taxes and school budgets are pretty dry subjects but for my panelists today, who have been covering the firestorm over these measures or directly in the thick of it, nothing could be further from the truth. joining me now, arun ramanathan, jill tucker, education reporter for "the san francisco chroni e chronicle." louis freedberg and california senate pro temp darrell steinberg. welcome. arun, explain to me exactly what proposition 38 does. >> so, what we saw in the film was depressingly familiar. before i joined the education trust
the tax lasts seven years. proposition 30 also raises the state's sales tax by a quarter of a cent for four years. proposition 38, molly munger's measure, increases income tax rates on a sliding scale for almost all californians with rates for the lowest earners at .4%, on up to the highest rate of 2.2% on those making more than $2.5 million. the tax lasts 12 years. you can find even more detail online at kqed's handy proposition guide. go to kqed.org/theweek for the link. normally, taxes and...
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we need to tax ourselves and separate so that we don't pay taxes to the government, we only pay taxes to ourselves through our own state bank. there are things that we can do to become independent. for instance, we can say you can't use vermont land and water for the growth of gm note. we can't prohibit the sale of them in this state because we are still bound by the commerce clause, but we can for him with our land and water from being used for that purpose and we must go ahead and do that. we can prevent the vioxx problems. we don't have to have 100,000 people died because the fda screwed up. we can have our own fda, and what we must do is have an independent investigation of the three buildings that came down in manhattan because it is impossible for three buildings to come down in their own footprint at free full speed unless they are controlled demolition. we have to carry on that investigation in vermont. >> moderator: republican john macgovern your up next. macgovern: thanks for hosting this debate and all the candidates here. i'm running because i believe this is one of the mo
we need to tax ourselves and separate so that we don't pay taxes to the government, we only pay taxes to ourselves through our own state bank. there are things that we can do to become independent. for instance, we can say you can't use vermont land and water for the growth of gm note. we can't prohibit the sale of them in this state because we are still bound by the commerce clause, but we can for him with our land and water from being used for that purpose and we must go ahead and do that. we...
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another tax cut. we know how this and spirit $16 trillion in home equity and evaporated. -- how this ends. 9 million lost jobs. $16 trillion in home equity evaporated. retirement accounts up in flames. the great recession of 2008. the american people will not go back. folks, crowd: four more years! you have to ask yourself. both of these guys are decent man. you have to ask about with a push the return of these economic and tax policies from the bush administration? or as president clinton said, why would they go back to the bush policies on steroids? i have come to one conclusion. the only one i can figure out is about their attitude about america and their attitude about half the american people. you heard his insulting comments that 47% of the american people are -- here's the part that bothers me. when he said they are not willing to take responsibility for the allies. -- for their own lives. these people are our neighbors. he is talking about my parents when they were alive. the people i grew up
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tax policy. what would you do? >> i have opposed the czars, but it would be a tempting appointment -- the first thing i would do is make the bush tax brackets permanent so there is long-term predictability. then i would go to work to sell to the public the idea that, as ronald reagan said, the federal government has the first lien on productivity and punishes production -- we remove all taxes off of production and put them on consumption. we can transform this policy. that is a piece i have gone around and talked about. i've talked about it each year i have been in congress. i asked mrs. vilsack to debate that with me, but i did not get an invitation. >> i would also like you to respond to that and outline what tax policy would implement. >> it would not be the fair tax. i do not think there is anything fair for the middle- class about a fair tax. basically, when i went to the grocery store this morning i bought milk for $3.55. if i had to pay 23% of every gallon of milk, 22% sales tax every time i bought a car sea
tax policy. what would you do? >> i have opposed the czars, but it would be a tempting appointment -- the first thing i would do is make the bush tax brackets permanent so there is long-term predictability. then i would go to work to sell to the public the idea that, as ronald reagan said, the federal government has the first lien on productivity and punishes production -- we remove all taxes off of production and put them on consumption. we can transform this policy. that is a piece i...
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need a different tax system. sales tax or fair tax is the way to go. corporate income tax should be erased, replaced by a sales tax, and corporate income tax is something that none of the other countries have, and it makes us uncompetitive globally. look at the welcomes, thank you. >> moderator: dill in dill: our tax system needs ref formation. i'm the only one who supports president obama's proposal not to extend bush tax cuts for those making above $250,000. we have to stop giving subsidies to oil, gas, and large corporations who don't need it. we have to impose a financial transaction tax on very small tax on stock trades for those responsible for the collapse of our economy, are chipping in. i do believe that we need to lower corporate incomes tax rates, stabilize the base, make sure it's fair. everybody should be paying their fair share. i think it's time, super wealthy, corporations pay more. i agree with warren buffet. >> moderator: three minutes later. summers? summers: doing things to ensure taxes are as low as they can be in this country beca
need a different tax system. sales tax or fair tax is the way to go. corporate income tax should be erased, replaced by a sales tax, and corporate income tax is something that none of the other countries have, and it makes us uncompetitive globally. look at the welcomes, thank you. >> moderator: dill in dill: our tax system needs ref formation. i'm the only one who supports president obama's proposal not to extend bush tax cuts for those making above $250,000. we have to stop giving...
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that's not how it works. >> it would act on a tax increase on a lot of people. >> and you can't tax-- >> and you if, phase it-- >> hold on. >> a $300,000 home-- >> this benefit primarily, it starts to phase out. over like a million dollars all of a sudden you're paying the marginal rate and the deduction, even the mortgage deduction, 1 million dollars. the point is, the effect is to make the tax code lets progressive, ultimately somebody making $100,000 a year with a house with health care plan paid by the company is going to pay a higher rate and making 2 million dollars, those deductions got phased out after 2, 300,000, to the higher and lower rates-- >> hold on, that's got to be the last word. i love you guys, you get so passionate about taxes, i am so lucky. all right, no within's been following what this election means to your money, your job, and your taxes, like who else, but neil cavuto and he's back at it next weekend. first on saturday for a special cost of freedom, your ballot, your bucks, starting at 10 a.m. eastern and then back on sunday for a special your world at 4 p.m
that's not how it works. >> it would act on a tax increase on a lot of people. >> and you can't tax-- >> and you if, phase it-- >> hold on. >> a $300,000 home-- >> this benefit primarily, it starts to phase out. over like a million dollars all of a sudden you're paying the marginal rate and the deduction, even the mortgage deduction, 1 million dollars. the point is, the effect is to make the tax code lets progressive, ultimately somebody making $100,000 a...
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the least taxed state. we have no income tax, no sales tax. both the democrat and republican candidates will campaign on that issue, pledging that they will not have an income tax or sales tax. are gubernatorial candidates right now are both running on that issue, as a matter of fact. host: talk about the recount laws in the state of new hampshire. what are the rules for that? guest: we have a fine secretary of state who is quite experienced in this. he is the person who has been a keeper of the flame for the new hampshire primary. we had a famous 3 count here in the late 1970's with senator john durkin, who recently passed away. i do not see it coming down to that. we will see what happens on tuesday. other states may be more likely to have a recount then you hampshire. host: what about voter i.d. laws? do you have them? guest: there is some controversy. the legislature passed a voter law that require people to swear that they would, if they were going to vote in a certain town, that they would pay taxes and registration fees for their cars i
the least taxed state. we have no income tax, no sales tax. both the democrat and republican candidates will campaign on that issue, pledging that they will not have an income tax or sales tax. are gubernatorial candidates right now are both running on that issue, as a matter of fact. host: talk about the recount laws in the state of new hampshire. what are the rules for that? guest: we have a fine secretary of state who is quite experienced in this. he is the person who has been a keeper of...
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he supported his policies to have to run the tax cuts -- to have two unfunded tax cuts. i opposed the war and iraq. under his watch at the department of health and human services, it created a program that david walker called the most fiscally irresponsible policy in this country since the 1960's. almost $5 trillion in debt got us into this mess. >> governor, will you respond to some of these points? take your time. >> she has missed it just about everything -- misstated just about everything. there's been a 10 trillion dollar increase says she's been in office. i never protect bill in to give anybody a tax break of anything right now -- put in a tax bill to give anybody a tax rate of anything right now. if you want a flat tax without skimming ior scamming the system, you can do it on halftime purity put on the gross revenue, said it in and still have enough time to go to the andrigerator get a beer watch the second half. i was running for the department of health. and was not in the department of revenue or passing tax things. she is in this congress. she forgets all th
he supported his policies to have to run the tax cuts -- to have two unfunded tax cuts. i opposed the war and iraq. under his watch at the department of health and human services, it created a program that david walker called the most fiscally irresponsible policy in this country since the 1960's. almost $5 trillion in debt got us into this mess. >> governor, will you respond to some of these points? take your time. >> she has missed it just about everything -- misstated just about...
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i never voted for a tax increase. i would not be raising taxes on any american. we need to have a balanced budget amendment. it is something we need. we do it in the state, homes, businesses. that is a big difference. the first thing, every single time, is to raise taxes. the national federation of independent businesses said many people in this room would be affected by the cuts in her plan. i would not be putting the businesses of individuals and their lives in jeopardy. >> senator brown says he will cut health care. keep in mind, that is scored as it is going to increase our debt and not decrease it. he cites a study, the same thing out of governor romney's strategy. he was wrong then and he is wrong now. it does not analyze anything i did. it does not use the president's. keep in mind to this group is. can i finish? >> 10 more seconds. >> this group endorses senator brown and other republicans and refers to ted kennedy as public enemy number one. that is who they are. >> that is 15. but 45 seconds. >> if anybody thinks the national health care bill is not goi
i never voted for a tax increase. i would not be raising taxes on any american. we need to have a balanced budget amendment. it is something we need. we do it in the state, homes, businesses. that is a big difference. the first thing, every single time, is to raise taxes. the national federation of independent businesses said many people in this room would be affected by the cuts in her plan. i would not be putting the businesses of individuals and their lives in jeopardy. >> senator...
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rememr, we have this bizarre tax system that we started in the 19th century that taxes me as a company on money that i've made overseas twice. that makes no sense. 're the only coury in the modern world and the stone age that continues to do that. and we also happen to be the only country in the world where you can deduct mortgage interest from yourome. the only country in the world. canada, a few paces away from here has never done it, they have a muchealthier home system. and we also can't deduct-- excuse me, a business and a person who gets benefits, i don't get taxed on my benefits, that came from the 40's. we have to get into the 21st century and that would get companies to unleash this 2 1/2 trillion dollars in cash, that's sitting on the sidelines. >> brenda: well, gary b, you know, tobyas back in the 19th century and understands all of this from personal-- >> and it was a fine time. (laughter) >> and the points, that romney is going to have a lot of problems, kind of jonas alludes to, getting rid of a lot of these deductions. there's a lot of special interest, but it's the spec
rememr, we have this bizarre tax system that we started in the 19th century that taxes me as a company on money that i've made overseas twice. that makes no sense. 're the only coury in the modern world and the stone age that continues to do that. and we also happen to be the only country in the world where you can deduct mortgage interest from yourome. the only country in the world. canada, a few paces away from here has never done it, they have a muchealthier home system. and we also can't...
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difference between local taxes and taxes when you discuss them at the d.c. level? collins: my roll is written as a role in congress to as county executive on record have a balanced budget that i took over a county that had was effectively bankrupt with new york state running our finance. when you look at the fact with no money in the bank, i medicaid goes up to $1 a year which we have no control over. with no control over pension. we have no control over the amount of sales tax were going to click and with no control over the value of our real estate. a county executive has to manage playing the card she is dealt, and in this case taken over county with the hard control board and the honest with voters can i say where going to have to have a very small property tax increase to get this county back in the right direction. that was a. the next three years, no tax increases but i do for your plan that was approved by the fiscal stability of 40 for the next four years, no tax increases. but i took over a mess but i had to be honest with the taxpayers and that wa
difference between local taxes and taxes when you discuss them at the d.c. level? collins: my roll is written as a role in congress to as county executive on record have a balanced budget that i took over a county that had was effectively bankrupt with new york state running our finance. when you look at the fact with no money in the bank, i medicaid goes up to $1 a year which we have no control over. with no control over pension. we have no control over the amount of sales tax were going to...
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state taxes, income tax es it's capitalism. ers on the of capital are winning so much more than laborers. capital has no roots, right? and to just deny that that's happening and not have a little bit of an activist tax policy about it, i think it's my ev. it's destructive and it's just absurd. >> my name is nelini stamp. i'm 24 years old. >> nelini stamp is a community organizer. she joined occupy wall street on its first day. >> i've been fed up with having to worry about living from paycheck to paycheck because of corporate greed and because we don't have a very high minimum wage in new york. i really just wanted to take a major leap in fighting back. i think we need to, first of all, have public financing of elections. that is a huge deal. one of the reasons is you know, why corporations -- because there's an unlimited amount of donations that they can girlfriend political campaigns and it's about time that we all stand up and take this back. >> yea! >> i found my voice. i've been very apathetic, very cynical of the system t
state taxes, income tax es it's capitalism. ers on the of capital are winning so much more than laborers. capital has no roots, right? and to just deny that that's happening and not have a little bit of an activist tax policy about it, i think it's my ev. it's destructive and it's just absurd. >> my name is nelini stamp. i'm 24 years old. >> nelini stamp is a community organizer. she joined occupy wall street on its first day. >> i've been fed up with having to worry about...
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payroll tax exclusion. so that would be a total reduction in city revenues of about $8 million over the four-year period of the exclusion. under the proposed ordinance, the estimated reduction in city revenues would be $7.3 million over the four-year term of the exclusion. if the voters do approve the gross receipts tax proposed under proposition e. we also point out on page 7 of the report that the office of the treasurer and tax collector is working with the mayor and the controller's office to identity funds to pay for an estimated additional one-time programming and related costs, which are needed. they are estimated at $55,000. we consider approval a policy matter of the two recommendations that we have is to amend the proposed ordinance and this is for clarification purposes as to the intent. if a person is exempt from filing a payroll tax, the regulations code 6.9-2 in the base year, the person's base year payroll tax shall be $150,000 and the purpose of calculating this exclusion. and with my recomm
payroll tax exclusion. so that would be a total reduction in city revenues of about $8 million over the four-year period of the exclusion. under the proposed ordinance, the estimated reduction in city revenues would be $7.3 million over the four-year term of the exclusion. if the voters do approve the gross receipts tax proposed under proposition e. we also point out on page 7 of the report that the office of the treasurer and tax collector is working with the mayor and the controller's office...
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you know i think that the gross revenue tax is a progressive tax and that tax would allow new businesses, small businesses able to flourish so we have something to look forward to with that. that being said treasure island seems to me a car dependent project and unless you have a ferry that is going there and dropping you off, but that would be somewhat time consuming. the same is true with hunter's point and the problem is there isn't a lot of transportation near there. the trances bay terminal next to bart, next to cal train this is a great project and has so much commuter friendly things going on there, and as far as i am concerned when it comes to development in san francisco it's got to stop. >> all right. thank you sir. >> there are three parts of the economy, the consumer, the investment and the government. the only reason thing that has grown on a rapid rate is the government. the government gets their revenues through taxation or borrowing money. the problem is the regulations are hurting small businesses. 2/3 of all jobs are created by small business which are considered -- cha
you know i think that the gross revenue tax is a progressive tax and that tax would allow new businesses, small businesses able to flourish so we have something to look forward to with that. that being said treasure island seems to me a car dependent project and unless you have a ferry that is going there and dropping you off, but that would be somewhat time consuming. the same is true with hunter's point and the problem is there isn't a lot of transportation near there. the trances bay...
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this is not news that raising taxes is bad no i don't think that my taxes but they should not raise taxes what they need to do miss list is cut spending they need to cut spending more than that with a chainsaw they need to go in there and cut spending do we spend staggering amounts of money on nothing well and look at it i can bring up a chart of deficit spending and how the deficits just compare over time over the years and how staggering they have become i mean look at second only to think that was world war two that huge deficit as a percentage so yes huge staggering deficits you say the debt is even just so much larger than it was in the last recession do you think it's going to make a material difference this time though because going back to the ninety's there was a recession ninety two that was a big topic of the election was government debt and it was a fraction of the percentage of g.d.p. it is now so what kind of a material difference would it make with the largest debtor nation in the history of the world not the largest debtor nation in the world the largest debtor nation in t
this is not news that raising taxes is bad no i don't think that my taxes but they should not raise taxes what they need to do miss list is cut spending they need to cut spending more than that with a chainsaw they need to go in there and cut spending do we spend staggering amounts of money on nothing well and look at it i can bring up a chart of deficit spending and how the deficits just compare over time over the years and how staggering they have become i mean look at second only to think...
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the post tax income is a little less unequal but the truth is we provide lots of tax benefits for people to talk to as well. so we're certainly not doing anything to counter it. to counter what the market is producing. for some reason -- and it's going to be changes in the market and the conditions under which it operates. you know, the market was producing broad income gains for people as they aged and it stopped doing that. the policy responses you described with high government spending and very accommodative monsry policy, those are policies in response to the particular problems that have arisen from the financial crisis and the recession that followed. i actually believe that the constituents for a stronger much stronger expansion are in place today. and that -- for the first time since the crisis. and that it needs a little push because the psychology people -- for example, the biggest example is what's happened in housing. we had five years of steadily falling housing prices. in addition to very high foreclosure rates. but set aside the foreclosure rates. the house is the virtual
the post tax income is a little less unequal but the truth is we provide lots of tax benefits for people to talk to as well. so we're certainly not doing anything to counter it. to counter what the market is producing. for some reason -- and it's going to be changes in the market and the conditions under which it operates. you know, the market was producing broad income gains for people as they aged and it stopped doing that. the policy responses you described with high government spending and...
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he did not pay his taxes once, he did not pay his taxes three times. he is raising your taxes and is not paying his own. when he was asked why he did not pay his taxes, his answer was that he forgot. maybe the understand that once or twice but three times, you forgot to pay your taxes? you are on the banking committee that deals with mortgages. if you are not paying your own taxes. the reason congress has a 10% approval rating, is because they think they can live by one set of rules. it is so proud to stand up for lower taxes. i helped pass the first property tax rollback in the history of the county. >> this is simply not true, again, but i have come to expect that. he did not answer the question about grover norquist. it is not just talking about middle-class taxes. he has a fast against raising taxes on hedge fund operators, who pays more than mitt romney -- coupes -- who paid significantly lower tax then it an mitt romney does and most of us to. he says you cannot raise taxes on many millionaires were millionaires. the worst part is, i know the oil
he did not pay his taxes once, he did not pay his taxes three times. he is raising your taxes and is not paying his own. when he was asked why he did not pay his taxes, his answer was that he forgot. maybe the understand that once or twice but three times, you forgot to pay your taxes? you are on the banking committee that deals with mortgages. if you are not paying your own taxes. the reason congress has a 10% approval rating, is because they think they can live by one set of rules. it is so...
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we got it with no taxes. that is the bottom line. >> this is not just for farmers and ranchers but for all businesses. it should not exist in the first place. my great grandmother passed away. we had to sell a third of our ranch just to pay the down payment on the state tax. my sister and i had to go to the bank to follow the rest of the money. every single dollar, we had to borrow. essentially we were able to move the house up. no one should pay a death tax. i am the one that believes that there should be no death tax for everyone. you have been paying an income tax along the way and you will pay a capital gains tax if you try to enrich yourself by selling that property. >> could you do it for more than farmers and ranchers? >> 8 $10 exemption per couple would take care of this. on the other side of the coin, it would not help a company that is closing down and of shoring jobs. it would not help those that think that latin america is a better investment then the great state of montana. this would help to fam
we got it with no taxes. that is the bottom line. >> this is not just for farmers and ranchers but for all businesses. it should not exist in the first place. my great grandmother passed away. we had to sell a third of our ranch just to pay the down payment on the state tax. my sister and i had to go to the bank to follow the rest of the money. every single dollar, we had to borrow. essentially we were able to move the house up. no one should pay a death tax. i am the one that believes...
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with federal income tax 35%, payroll tax, state income tax, state sales tax, real estate tax, gasoline tax. they said over 50% of what their business makes they send to government. he said think about this. when you start a small business your chance of succeeding is not real high. the failure rate on small business is pretty significant. if and if you succeed the government wants more than half of what you make. so businesses are less likely to get started and hire people. so i want to bring the tax rates down. the president wants to raise tax on small business. i would not raise taxes on small businesses or on middle class america. we've also got to get regulators to see that their job is in helping businesses not killing them. big business can handle regulations by the way. it slows them down but they can handle it because they have all the lawyers in the world. you got to make it easier for small business. obama care is one of the things i heard. obama care the cost per employ was back breaking and they couldn't finances it. so one thing we've got to do if we want to keep jobs is g
with federal income tax 35%, payroll tax, state income tax, state sales tax, real estate tax, gasoline tax. they said over 50% of what their business makes they send to government. he said think about this. when you start a small business your chance of succeeding is not real high. the failure rate on small business is pretty significant. if and if you succeed the government wants more than half of what you make. so businesses are less likely to get started and hire people. so i want to bring...
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and why are they not -- twitter got a tax break, a payroll tax break, but it was a lot more than that the public didn't hear about. we pay for a muni bus that is dedicated directly and only to where interstate twitter is located. they can afford to pay for a muni bus. they are also getting a police station, their own police substation. >> thank you, miss olague. >> it's easy to talk about the waste in upper management, but i think what we need is the political will to challenge that waste. and i think we have to look at it through the budget process. so i think it's very important during the budget process -- i wasn't on the budget committee this last year, but i do hope to sit on the budget committee in the next year. and i think that we need to make some of the hard political decisions and that is why i think a lot of waste does continue on the upper level because no one is willing to really take a hard look and make those very difficult decisions. i think that sometimes when you look at programs, i think some of the information that hope johnson mentioned about the sunshine task fo
and why are they not -- twitter got a tax break, a payroll tax break, but it was a lot more than that the public didn't hear about. we pay for a muni bus that is dedicated directly and only to where interstate twitter is located. they can afford to pay for a muni bus. they are also getting a police station, their own police substation. >> thank you, miss olague. >> it's easy to talk about the waste in upper management, but i think what we need is the political will to challenge that...
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in 2011, little noi raised corporate taxes, raised income taxes, guess what? in the next two months, unemployment surged and businesses tried to flee the state. a real mess. >> paul: and choice seems to be if you're going to put any pressure on the politicians in sacramento to reform, a lot of businesses, jerry brown has been-- they've been chipping in, they think they're going down. and the middle class has been exiting california more than the rich. the hollywood guys and silicon valley folks can afford taxes, but the middle class employed by small businesses that end up moving to nevada, idaho, and elsewhere. so, colin, let's talk about michigan which you've been following and you've got the -- the battle over the collective bargaining, making collective bargaining a constitutional right in the state. and then there's a battle for the supreme court, too. are the unions going to win these two? >> you know, paul, a lot has changed in the past week and i don't think they're going to win it. it's looking tough, but right now about 52% of voters are saying they
in 2011, little noi raised corporate taxes, raised income taxes, guess what? in the next two months, unemployment surged and businesses tried to flee the state. a real mess. >> paul: and choice seems to be if you're going to put any pressure on the politicians in sacramento to reform, a lot of businesses, jerry brown has been-- they've been chipping in, they think they're going down. and the middle class has been exiting california more than the rich. the hollywood guys and silicon valley...
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i cut taxes 91 times. we built four-lane highway, east and west and north and south so companies with big a to get their products to market. we created an opportunity for manufacturing, 88,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector. we had unemployment below 2% in milwaukee. we had jobs so many that people were saying to me, slowdown, we don't have enough people to take the jobs. that's the kind of economy i built in the state of wisconsin. at the kind of economy, the kind of innovations when i was governor, the same kind of innovations i can take to washington. we're going to use our vocational training. i spent a lot of money on vocational training and are as governor, because i wanted individuals to be book-to-bill things. i want welders, i want somebody that's a carpenter, to be able to have that opportunity. s why i put so much money and emphasis on the trades, vocational schools, and i was governor, able to give them the education. finally, about mining. we have an opportunity to help a huge amount of jobs
i cut taxes 91 times. we built four-lane highway, east and west and north and south so companies with big a to get their products to market. we created an opportunity for manufacturing, 88,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector. we had unemployment below 2% in milwaukee. we had jobs so many that people were saying to me, slowdown, we don't have enough people to take the jobs. that's the kind of economy i built in the state of wisconsin. at the kind of economy, the kind of innovations when i was...
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there are also monster tax increases that will take effect and as the bush tax cuts expire, the amt tax expires, i could go on and on, payroll tax holiday, nonpartisan tax policy center say american households face on average 3500 in higher taxes next year. middle income earners would see an increase of two grand. the wealthiest will pay more than $1,000 a month in taxes next year and yet no indication that either candidate has a plan to avert the fiscal cliff. ali, who has more leverage? the president or congress? it's a big problem. >> it's a very big problem. we have the same frustration. we've been asking these questions for months. i am fascinated it doesn't come up more and i think candy crowley is right, it's not going to come up in the next few days before the election. christine, thanks very much for that. we'll keep trying. that brings me to my next guest, norm onstein at the american enterprise institute and coa author of the book "even worse than it looks." the candidates are not talking about the fiscal cliff. no matter who wins there will have to be some resolution with co
there are also monster tax increases that will take effect and as the bush tax cuts expire, the amt tax expires, i could go on and on, payroll tax holiday, nonpartisan tax policy center say american households face on average 3500 in higher taxes next year. middle income earners would see an increase of two grand. the wealthiest will pay more than $1,000 a month in taxes next year and yet no indication that either candidate has a plan to avert the fiscal cliff. ali, who has more leverage? the...
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the tax credit helped low-income workers, later the payroll tax credit helped. the expansion of unemployment insurance. critical. you heard, we will probably launch market poverty went up and 2011. on question only, if that is true, one of the reasons is because we pulled back some of the safety net in terms of extended unemployment insurance programs running out for people. in a labor market but was still much to on welcoming. all of those measures and more, it was in subsidized jobs program that was very effective, big banks helping people. i think in the recovery act, the president did quite a bit. >> would you like to respond? >> i do not follow current politics. i do not know what is going on. [laughter] >> let me ask you -- had a question for you. you mentioned the need for fresh thinking and where we can go from here. are there any talks about how the left and right might be able to generate the political will? >> is there is. read a book 2004 i guess advocating a basic guaranteed in the time. and people on the left said, what is he doing that for? >> i r
the tax credit helped low-income workers, later the payroll tax credit helped. the expansion of unemployment insurance. critical. you heard, we will probably launch market poverty went up and 2011. on question only, if that is true, one of the reasons is because we pulled back some of the safety net in terms of extended unemployment insurance programs running out for people. in a labor market but was still much to on welcoming. all of those measures and more, it was in subsidized jobs program...
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if voters adopt gross receipts tax]. this is ordinance amending the san francisco business and tax regulations code article 12-a by amending section 906.5 to prevent the payroll expense tax exclusion for small business net new payroll for years 2012 through 2015 from terminating in the event the voters of the city and county of san francisco pass a gross receipts tax. and your binder is the file number legislative digest, and we have a presentation by margo kelly, legislative aid to supervisor mark farrell. >> welcome. >> again, i'm a legislative aid to supervisor farrell. i'll be speaking on behalf of him today. the legislation that is before you today, it's clean-up legislation to supervisor farrell's payroll expense tax exclusion that was before this commission earlier this year. the original intent of the original legislation was for small businesses to take advantage of this from 2012 to 2015. and it was actually drafted before the gross receipts ballot initiative that's on the ballot cycle, that language had been f
if voters adopt gross receipts tax]. this is ordinance amending the san francisco business and tax regulations code article 12-a by amending section 906.5 to prevent the payroll expense tax exclusion for small business net new payroll for years 2012 through 2015 from terminating in the event the voters of the city and county of san francisco pass a gross receipts tax. and your binder is the file number legislative digest, and we have a presentation by margo kelly, legislative aid to supervisor...
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well, can you balance the budget without or while you're cutting taxes? our tax rates. i said i don't think we can balance the budget without cutting tax rates because that's how you get the economy moving. you've got to have growth. i think it's doable. we are going to need cooperation, but i'm hopeful that after the election, maybe they'll sit down and we can talk. >> mitt romney's saying he's going to balance the budget by the end of the second term. that means running deficits for the next eight years. only thing i've seen on his website is $500 billion in cuts in the year 2016. that's not dealing with the debt for another four years. >> if we can move faster and further, we certainly will, but governor romney wanted to propose something he thought we could do. >> he's going to close loopholes to do it. you and i are both familiar are w the studies that say that's not possible or tough to do. let's just say in order to get there, he can't cut by to 20%. he has to cut by 10. maybe 4. would he adjust that promise? >> well, he's certainly willing to talk. when you do t
well, can you balance the budget without or while you're cutting taxes? our tax rates. i said i don't think we can balance the budget without cutting tax rates because that's how you get the economy moving. you've got to have growth. i think it's doable. we are going to need cooperation, but i'm hopeful that after the election, maybe they'll sit down and we can talk. >> mitt romney's saying he's going to balance the budget by the end of the second term. that means running deficits for the...
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you look at taxes. if we elect or re-elect prawrm, we know the direction he's going to be pushing in, the direction he's going to be pushing in is to raise taxes on the top percentage, whatever that percentage he decides it to be, $250,000 or more, the reality is that's not going to get him any money. he's going to have to raise taxes on a much larger percentage of americans if he wants to get deficit reduction out of raising taxes. president romney will go in the opposite direction. now, how do i feel about that? when i was mayor of new york city, i had a city that had a deficit of about $3 billion. we had 10.5% unemployment. we had 1.1 million people on welfare. we were coming to a -- what was described, one of the reasons i got elected. i got elected because the economy was horrible, had 2,000 murders in the two years before i ran for mayor so i got elected at the first republican in 25 years, first one to remain a republican in 50. [laughter] i got legislated with a very, very simple and direct camp
you look at taxes. if we elect or re-elect prawrm, we know the direction he's going to be pushing in, the direction he's going to be pushing in is to raise taxes on the top percentage, whatever that percentage he decides it to be, $250,000 or more, the reality is that's not going to get him any money. he's going to have to raise taxes on a much larger percentage of americans if he wants to get deficit reduction out of raising taxes. president romney will go in the opposite direction. now, how...
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they voted to extend tax cuts for the wealthy giving $500 trillion tax cut so 120,000 families. lou: that's a lot of money. 500 trillion. you have to love the vice-president, his view on things and, his epression. for a little perspective, the national debt is 16 trillion. we'll just leave it there. my next guest says there is no case on economic grounds to raise taxes. joining menow, senior economic writer for the wal street journal, stephen moore, author of the new book, the truth about opportunity, taxes, and wealth in america. great to have you with us. >> great to be with you. can i say something? this is really the problem in washington. you know, and it's not just joe biden. these politicians can't tell the difference between a billion and a trillion. the the numbers are so big now, everybody's eyes glaze over. a trillion dollars, million million. all lot of zeros. lou: and you know what, we, like you, cover these big numbers all the time. and i can't blame anyone whose eyes glaze over on these numbers abstraction's beyond comprehension irrespective of who is speaking abo
they voted to extend tax cuts for the wealthy giving $500 trillion tax cut so 120,000 families. lou: that's a lot of money. 500 trillion. you have to love the vice-president, his view on things and, his epression. for a little perspective, the national debt is 16 trillion. we'll just leave it there. my next guest says there is no case on economic grounds to raise taxes. joining menow, senior economic writer for the wal street journal, stephen moore, author of the new book, the truth about...
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know john sununu making a subjective opinion this this is i was you know that doesn't understand the tax code or the debt structure since we just had six trillion a new debt in less than four years whereas w. bush's tax cuts to two wars he put on the credit are going to but it was probably only it was the deficit was jump in here well listen you know do i think that racism is the new norm in the republican party no but do i see old norman started with richard nixon. but i will say do i think that we have seen the republican state some extraordinarily stupid things this year absolutely i am coulter called the president a retard i mean are you kidding me i mean in the entire time that george w. bush was president now one democratic analyst ever said anything like that about him we may have thought it but we certainly never said it on television you've got to take in talking about legitimate rape i mean i have been in this business for fifteen years i've never seen the republicans make as many stupid comments as they've made this year and i think this is just yet another stupid comment so d
know john sununu making a subjective opinion this this is i was you know that doesn't understand the tax code or the debt structure since we just had six trillion a new debt in less than four years whereas w. bush's tax cuts to two wars he put on the credit are going to but it was probably only it was the deficit was jump in here well listen you know do i think that racism is the new norm in the republican party no but do i see old norman started with richard nixon. but i will say do i think...
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for them, april 15th sn't tax day - news. according to irs recorrs, federal workers owe $3.4 billion in ack taxes 26,000 postal service eeployees owe $270 million. 100 milllon byyd-o-d military and civilianns congressional emplooees owe 10 million. treasury dept workers - ome offthe rs - owe $9 million. more than $800,000 is oweddby pressdent obama's staff. thhir taxes is as bad as cops who break the llw, ffremmn who commit arson, and doctors who kill patients.making matters complicated. it's about billions in direct costs and lost prrductivity to figure put how much we owe.tax returrs shhuld be on a 3x55 pomething -- even if it were onll one dollar.for more on headlines dot nee. and folloo us twitter and facebook. i'm mark yman. gambbing in marylandwhy ssmee reeigious leaders 3
for them, april 15th sn't tax day - news. according to irs recorrs, federal workers owe $3.4 billion in ack taxes 26,000 postal service eeployees owe $270 million. 100 milllon byyd-o-d military and civilianns congressional emplooees owe 10 million. treasury dept workers - ome offthe rs - owe $9 million. more than $800,000 is oweddby pressdent obama's staff. thhir taxes is as bad as cops who break the llw, ffremmn who commit arson, and doctors who kill patients.making matters complicated. it's...
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tax proposals? >> in 2007, i signed it the grover norquist pledge. in 2010 i was asked to sign it again, and i did not. >> you changed on that? >> i do not believe we need to raise taxes at this time and i do not need to sign a pledge to do that. >> we have to be realistic about what we are going to do and make tough decisions. i talked to people who are affluent and they do not mind paying more. >> we will continue the discussion about the economy, and whether the math really adds up for the deficit. we will look at some of the numbers, all of that on the other side of the debate. please stay with us. welcome back to the continuation of our debate. with us today, congressman allen west and patrick murphy. we will continue our discussion with george bennett. >> we left hanging on the deficit. you are opposed to raising taxes. the deficit this past year was $1.1 trillion. if you are not going to raise taxes, what are the things you can cut to get close to erasing a $1.1 trillion deficit? >> we should
tax proposals? >> in 2007, i signed it the grover norquist pledge. in 2010 i was asked to sign it again, and i did not. >> you changed on that? >> i do not believe we need to raise taxes at this time and i do not need to sign a pledge to do that. >> we have to be realistic about what we are going to do and make tough decisions. i talked to people who are affluent and they do not mind paying more. >> we will continue the discussion about the economy, and whether the...
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it is not taxed or nothing. they need to start taxing this money. if the rich people do not want to pay more taxes, the one to take the tax money they are saving because taxes are lower, in order to influence the elections, this should be taxed at 90%. host: i was going to ask him if he had donated money to a campaign. we will be asking a number of other callers about that. talk about small money compared to large money. >> the obama's campaign, beginning in 2008, has relied much more on small contributions from individuals. it is easier to do that this year as the technology changes, internet develops, pretty straightforward to go to a website to donate, put in a credit card number. we are all familiar with that. so the campaign's top of that. that was very successful in the obama's campaign, and it continues to be, even though as an incumbent you can raise a lot of big contributions. direct contribution to the candidates are still limited. only $2,500 per election. there are also still prohibitions on who can give money to the candidates, corporat
it is not taxed or nothing. they need to start taxing this money. if the rich people do not want to pay more taxes, the one to take the tax money they are saving because taxes are lower, in order to influence the elections, this should be taxed at 90%. host: i was going to ask him if he had donated money to a campaign. we will be asking a number of other callers about that. talk about small money compared to large money. >> the obama's campaign, beginning in 2008, has relied much more on...
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the least taxed state. we have no income tax, no sales tax. both the democrat and republican candidates will campaign on that issue, pledging that they will not have an income tax or sales tax. are gubernatorial candidates right now are both running on that issue, as a matter of fact. host: talk about the recant loss in the state of new hampshire. is it -- recount alws in the -- laws in the state of new hampshire. what are the rules for that? guest: we have a fine secretary of state who is quite experienced in this. he is the person who has been a keeper of the flame for the new hampshire primary. we had a famous 3 count here in the late 1970's with senator john durkin, who recently passed away. i do not see it coming down to that. we will see what happens on tuesday. other states may be more likely to have a recount then you hampshire. host: what about voter i.d. laws? do you have them? guest: >> there is some controversy. the legislature passed a voter law that require people to swear that they would, if they were going to vote in a certain
the least taxed state. we have no income tax, no sales tax. both the democrat and republican candidates will campaign on that issue, pledging that they will not have an income tax or sales tax. are gubernatorial candidates right now are both running on that issue, as a matter of fact. host: talk about the recant loss in the state of new hampshire. is it -- recount alws in the -- laws in the state of new hampshire. what are the rules for that? guest: we have a fine secretary of state who is...
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tax and then if you add other taxes t payroll tax, the state income tax if you have one, real estate tax, sales tax, well you can find small businesses spending as much as 50% of what they earn on government, on taxes. and as a result of that you have a lot of people saying why would i start a business if i'm lucky enough to have it successful the government is going to take half of what i make back. canada has lowered their corporate tax rate to 15%. ours is 35. they've lowered to 15, why? not because they want less money. they know if businesses grow and thrive there they will get more money. so that's how it works. so i want to bring our tax rates down to help small businesses and make it easier for people to start them. i want to make sure we understand how to make regulations work for small business. by the way some people in our party say we want to deregulate. that's an overstatement. we want to get rid of excessive regulation. we know you have to have some to make our economy work. but sometimes regulators look at businesses like they're the enemy. and i have small businesses
tax and then if you add other taxes t payroll tax, the state income tax if you have one, real estate tax, sales tax, well you can find small businesses spending as much as 50% of what they earn on government, on taxes. and as a result of that you have a lot of people saying why would i start a business if i'm lucky enough to have it successful the government is going to take half of what i make back. canada has lowered their corporate tax rate to 15%. ours is 35. they've lowered to 15, why? not...